By the standard of the Nonaligned Movement, the recently-concluded summit in Tehran was relatively exciting. The United Nations chief, Ban Ki-moon, severely criticized the host country, Iran. The latter’s boss, Ayatollah Khamenei, verbally abused the UN in return. The new Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, inveigled against the Syrian government, triggering a walkout by the latter’s delegation. Read more

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Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 12:37 am
Filed under India, World · Tagged Ayatollah Khamenei, Ban Ki-Mon, BRICS¸ Krishna Menon, China, Cold War, foreign hand, HINDUSTAN Times, Manmohan Singh, NAM, news, Nonaligned Movement, Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Tehran, United Nations
There is a curious divide between the popular Indian view of the relationship between New Delhi and Tehran — and how it is perceived within official circles in New Delhi. Read more

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Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 2:05 am
Filed under World · Tagged HINDUSTAN Times, India, Iran, news, Northern Alliance, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Persian Gulf, pramitpal chaudhuri, Reliance Corporation, Straits of Hormuz, Taj Mahal school, taliban, Tehran
Indian refineries which import crude from Iran are running around in circles. With the third week of July over, Tehran has not intimated whether crude will be sent in August. Read more

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Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, July 22, 2011 at 12:56 am
Filed under World · Tagged afghanistan, foreign hand, Hillary Clinton, HINDUSTAN Times, India imports, Indian refineries, Iran, Iranian energy markets, Japan, news, Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Reliance, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Tehran, US financial sanctions
No one is paying much attention to this past weekend’s attack against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Sistan-Baluchistan and its fallout on the relationship between Iran and Pakistan. It deserves more notice, even if it’s relatively inconclusive notice. Read more

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Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:20 am
Filed under World · Tagged Iran, Iranian Balochi, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Jundollah, pakistan, Sistan-Baluchistan, suicide bomber, Tehran, Zia ul Haq